Thursday, October 21, 2021

John Eastman's Jan. 6 Trump memo defense is beyond galling.

… In the "final scenario" (which Eastman now claims he recommended), the memo relies on this same subterfuge about the validity of "ongoing election challenges" to opine that Pence could adjourn Congress and delay the count until the challenges were resolved—presumably including challenges like the one recently completed in Arizona eight months after the Electoral College count, which actually added to Biden's margin of victory there. In a conclusion underscoring that the memo was never really about providing sound legal advice based on the truth, Eastman concludes: "BOLD, Certainly. But this Election was Stolen by a strategic Democratic plan to systematically flout existing election laws for partisan advantage; we're no longer playing by Queensbury Rules, therefore." In other words, by falsely claiming the Democrats were cheating, Eastman suggests Trump should cheat too...


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